Yearly Archives: 2016
Room maid becomes floor maid
Dear Hillary,
My maid seems to be afraid of all time-saving appliances. I have tried to show her how to use the simple microwave and...
Thailand & UK celebrate friendship and successful business partnership at Thai-UK...
British Chamber of Commerce Thailand celebrates 70th anniversary
Thai-UK 2016 was a 4-day celebration of Thai-UK friendship and successful business partnership that took place from...
It’s not how fast it goes – it’s how fast it...
I have been racing cars for many years; too many years? However, one lesson that I learned, the painful hard way, was to pay...
Woman admits crickets, worms spilling on subway was a stunt
New York (AP) - A woman who caused chaos aboard a subway train by releasing a container of crickets and worms says it was...
Happy Ending
Dear Hillary,
Where can I go to get a ‘straight’ massage? Every massage place I stop at offers me massages with “happy ending”, and there...
An amulet seller’s secret weapon
A cute 5-year-old has proved to be a Sattahip market vendor’s secret sales weapon.
Chuthikan Nookajad, better known as Nong Kaow Pan, was spotted Sept....
Voller edges Gamble at St. Andrews
Jomtien Golf with the IPGC
Monday, Sept. 5, St. Andrews - Stableford
A late cancellation from Green Valley and we were offered St. Andrews at the...
Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ stubbornly refuses to soar
Los Angeles (AP) - In “Sully,” Clint Eastwood’s haunted and sterile docudrama of Capt. Chesley Sullenberger’s 2009 landing of Flight 1549 on the Hudson,...
Shirtless suspect catches ride on Florida school bus
Bradenton, Fla. (AP) - Deputies in Florida arrested a shirtless 27-year-old burglary suspect after they say he caught a ride on a school bus....
Latest Stories
Wine World: Doing the Twist
If you recognise that expression, you must be getting on a bit. The lines were made famous by an American singer called Chubby Checker...
Citywide operation targets public-space living as Pattaya seeks balance between care and order
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City officials have continued coordinated operations to manage and support homeless individuals in public spaces, while maintaining order in key...
Russian mother flies to Pattaya in desperate search for missing son, fears foul play
PATTAYA, Thailand – A Russian mother has flown to Pattaya in a desperate attempt to locate her missing son, who vanished more than a...
Pattaya moves forward with smart city development, reviews public space survey proposal
PATTAYA, Thailand –– Pattaya City is advancing its smart city development agenda by considering a proposed project to survey and analyse public spaces, aimed...
Pattaya to add 200 more cameras, expanding real-time coverage of beaches, Jomtien and Koh...
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City is moving ahead with an expanded smart-city surveillance initiative by adding 200 more CCTV cameras to the Pattaya Connect...